_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

What a clever puzzle Oh boy, I can't resist the challenge I'll see what I can do

Go for it SuperE! Hurry up though - a few days left.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

Cool I'll try to join without competing, cause I already got 2 free games from AP.Not sure I will find 10 answers anyway

Ditto here. I already won a game here, so I'm not participating this time, but I'll be back for the next tourney! This is my way of saying "This puzzle is hard as hell and I have no idea how to solve it" and maintain my reputation at the same time...

Mrs Gelert helped me do the drawing - not that it was that difficult with four people getting more than 10 'equations' correct.

Anyway, thanks for competing, and congrats to everyone who got any of these right.

I know they're not easy but, once you get the hang of them, they're easier than you think.

So, next time - and there will be a next time - have a go. Even if just for fun if you don't want the prize on offer.

AND, next time - sorry hatshepsut! - I promise to run the contest when our most invaluable Lady Pharaoh doesn't have her computer in bits. I'm so sorry to hear you've lost all that data. You must be distraught. I would be. Thankfully, my external hard drive provides me with some semblance of backup.

Anyway ........... drrrrrrrrrrrrum roll!! ............. the drawing has been completed, and the tombola has creaked under the strain ........... AND .................. the winner of a spankingly new Lost Horizon is .............

...............

JKeerie!

..

Well done JK, and a big applause from everyone for bwinning AND for being the undisputed EXPERT at solving these devilishly difficult puzzlers. ..All that remains is for you to tell me where I should send the game to. Send me a private message and I'll get it despatched asap.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

What about the puzzle solutions? I'm curious to know the ones I missed And congratulations to JKeerie for solving so many difficult puzzles

Hey! Give me a chance SuperE. The dust hasn't even settled yet! Unfortunately life's own little conundrums sometimes have to take priority. Nevertheless, I'll put up all of the answers the first chance I get.

hats, I hope that at least some of what you've lost is replaceable. Fingers crossed for you!

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

Thanks to everyone who competed and, hopefully, enjoyed.It's likely I'll make another one of these and, possibly, for a future prize drawing. So get swotting!

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.

I see several I should have gotten, and many I just never would have guessed. For #2, I did look up cricket, but didn't find that term. Nevertheless, I did have a good time with it, Gelert. Thanks for the fun!

It was number 7 that kept me from perfection. I had never heard of the Beaufort scale....so I wasn't even close on what I was thinking.

As I sent some of the last few that I figured out to Gelert, it was amazing that the answers would pop in my head very late at night, after 11pm...while I was either watching television or getting ready for bed. Funny how the mind works!

Thanks everyone. That type of 'equation' quiz used to be quite popular on Sunday evenings in the pubs and inns around here.

_________________An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.